LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 256, 15 May 1880, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Bcv Mr H llowcs will preach in the Wesleyan Omirch to-morrow at II a.m and 6‘30 pm. A childrens seivice at 3 o’clock. On Monday evening 1 lecture will he delivered bv Mr Hallowes in the church.' A collec-ion in aid of Hie Church Funds.

It will he seen that Messrs. Hutton end Co., drapers, from Dunedin, have opened a cheap sale of drap-ry in tin shop lately occupied by Messrs. A. Wilson and Sons. At the prices marked the goods must be extraordinarily cheap, and as they are, they say, determined to re-luce their stock at any prices, uargains may be expected by cash buyers.

The settlers of Mount Somers have called a meeting to protest against the alteration of the route of the M unt Somers railway.

The Canterbury Bowing Club have ordered a new boat hy Swaddle and Winship, Newcastle. The specialcorrespondent of the Hawera Star, on the Waimate Plains, sayu that one thing appears to be quite certain, and that is, that the Natives arc still far fr mi being content. Hone Pihama, Manaia, Kokiri, Titokuwaru, and other influential chiefs mey he thoroughly satisfied wiih the award of the Commission, and nuy be willing to settle tlie dispute upon the basis laid down in the report ; but one of these chiefs told the Commission, when asked why he did not bring his people with him, ‘‘One horse cannot draw five tons.” Neither, apparently, can they instil their feelings of satisfaction witli the award made into the minds of their people. The most of the latter still look to the Prophet of Parihaka as their “only guide, philosopher, and friend.” His word— and his only—appears to be their law and their gospel. How much longer it will continue to be so, it is rather difficult to toll. “ The meeting of the roads ” may possibly effect a change.

Nearly all the news respecting Russia in foreign u wspapers coming to Odessa is no ' blotted out by the censor. A little while ago a Vienna journal furnished its reader-*, wilii a fac simile of the Czar’s signature, and even that received the same treatment.

A man named Joseph Patten was s“verely injured in the Waikato coal mine through the falling of tw o tons of coal on him. In a recent debt e.-se before the Reside -t Magistrate’s Court at Grey town, the amount-sued for w as Is..fid. The Magistrate would not undertake the respon--sib lily of deciding tin case off-hand, and ad-jours td it to a future siltii g.

The Governmerit steamer Stella returned to die Bluff on Monday from the Auckland Ides ou Monday without bavin,n' discovered any trace of the whaleboat and sealers reported missing. There is now little doubt that they were all drowned.

Mr G. W. I.oVie (says the San Mateo Gazefe, a Spanish paper) has tried an expeiiment with oats which has proved very satisfactory. He sowed some oats which had heen soaked in diluted carbolic acid, and the grain has turned out thr- e times the yield of that sown in the ordinary way both being in the same kind of soil.

Many complaints are made that larrikinism lias established a reign of terror in the Alexandria suburbs of Sydney. The Sydney Municipal Council decided to at once bring the matter under the attention of the police, but it was resolved to suppress names. The courcillors who participated in the decision are citizens who have evioence for hed'-ving that persons and property are endangered.

There is no uouht (savs the Times correspondent that thesta k fire near Temuka, was the work of an incendiary. Instead of three wheat stacks as stated, there were live slacks of wheat and one of oats. Both lots of Stacks were seen burning at ti e same time, and the stubble between was not burned. It is probable the representative of the New Zealand Insurance Company, in whose office the slacks were insured for £250, will cans - ainnquiry to he held as to the os’gin of the tire.

Waggs went to the station of one of our railroads the other evening, and finding the seals all occupied, said in a loud lone, “ Why, this car isn’t going !” Of course these words caused a general stampede, and Waggs took the best seat, Th' train soon moveo off. In the midst of the indignation the wag was quos.ioned. “You said the car wasn’t going !" “ Well, it wasn’t then, but it is n w ”

Mr M‘Caughan, member for Riverton, lias published an address to his constituents, which has created some sensation. He advocates the abolition of the education vote and the Road Board and county subsidies, the imposition of a be.r tax and tea and sugar duties, an-1 pledges his support to any Hover nn-nt adopting those changes in lieu of the properly tax which, he maintains, is ruinous, and which tho county cannot afford to pay. He attacks the management of railways, the number and the salaries of the Ci-.il Servn e, and disapproves of purchasing any native lands untd all lands are settled. He advo ates (he shutting up of all native binds from sale until required by the Government for bona fide settlement.

It is stated tb it among the measures now being got ready by the Ministiy is the Gaming and Lotteries Biil, which it is understood will be intro-Ineed in the Legislative Council early in the session by Mr Whitaker in very similar shape to the Bill shelved last your, as to the provisions regarding lotteries, raffles, art unions sweeps, and consultations.

According to the Lyttelton Times a large addition to toe number of locomn fives in use on the Canterbury railways is about to be made —it is said to the extent of about a score These have been ordered from Hon e, n> be deliveied at Dunedin, where they will bo fitted up at the railway work-hops

E. Walsh, nephew of the Caldwell sfa-tionm.-.ster at Hamilton, near Auckland, passed from the gn rd’s van to a ussengor carriage, while the Waikato ti.aiu vas in motion, and fell off. The driver of the engine returned and found Walsh lying unconscious near the line, with his left leg smashed close to the groin, and his right leg broken below the knew. Walsh died in a few hours. Deceased was only ma tied on Sunday last. Tin; inqm s on Walsh, resulted in a verdict of ac>idental death. The jury added a rider that the Government be advised to inaugurate a system of communication between the guard and engine-driver, and also recommended that all stations should be in telegr.q.hie communication.

The Manawatu Times has the following under the head of “Take Warning .” —lt is stated the Maories prophesied he recent floods some time before they, occurred, and that they now foretell yet bigger ones in June. This may be taken for what it is worth, but at all events it might be as well if those having property iable to be damaged if it occur, should take precautions accordingly..

J. S. Welih, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and General Manager of the Permanent Builcing Society, lias departed from Dunedin in consequence of financial difficulties, and has not signified iiis intention of returning. He left Dunedin some days ago on u urgent business,” but has not yet been heard of since the Frisco mail left Auckland This unlooked for exit lias caused no little surprise and discussion in con mercial circles. Many rumours were afloat, and it is understood that Webb's difficulties had their origin in speculation. A careful audit is now being unde of the hooks of the Building Society, of which he was manager.

Mb J. Robertson, of Mangere, says the New Zealand Herald, referring to “Memorials of Old Auckland,’’ in Saturday’s issue contradicts the statement there made that Sir G. Grey was in Auckland and took measures to defend the city against the invading Ngalipona Our correspondent ass rts that Sir G. Grey was then in Wellington,, and that Colonel Wynyard was Acting-Governor, to whom the entire credit was alone due. If Mr Robertson will refer to the files of the New Zealander of that date he will find, in the issue of the 19th April, 1851, an account of the affray, and the following allusion to Sir G. Grey’s presence “ The Goverrior-in-Chief judiciously resolved that the natives bo commanded shortly either to leave the town or give up their arms. The natives have had ample reason to know Sir G. Grey’s determination,” etc. It is worthy of note that the New Zealander’s account tallies with that of CrTlumson in his “ Stßry of New Zealand.” Dr Thomson* says, referring to the invasion of the Ngatipona : —“Two days afterwards several chiefs from the insurgents laid at Governor Grey’s teet, meres a d spears, emblems of submission.” Tims has another of the many slanders uttered against Sir G. Grey been refuted, and that by a ministerial journal.

This Waikato settleis are threatenin'!; a combination to prevent huli-criminate slaughter of their cattle, whic > they allege is being indulged in to prevent llie spread of pleuro. The marine of H. M.S. Cormnr-int, who was recently d. owned in the harbor at Auckland, was buried w‘th military honors by the crew of the German Warship Nautili)?.

The Wanganui correspondent of the Hawera Star suggests that the Hinemoa should be sent to that .own once a month to take away the accumulation of lunatics The unfortunate young w«man, Mrs Ward, who jumpe ' dow a well in Clmpel street, Auckland, while suffering from low fever, died on Monday night. Mrs Ward was only 22 years of age.

A female lecturer in Boston said ; “ Get married,young men, and be quick about it. Don’t wait for the girls to be- ' ome angels. You would look well beside nr.gels, wouldn’t you, yon fools T’

An Arkansas mad, who had been out of employment same time, bethought himself of a new branch of industry as yet untried He advertised for a situation to trade with some temperance lecturer as -c a fearful examfde,” the only condition being tliut he ha.s to have enough whisky to make the example a success

The Miming Post savs that when Sir George Balfour was speaki g in the House of Commons one night, about half-past eight o’clock, there was not a solitary member at either side of the House, and the hon gentleman had to address himself exclus'vely f o the Speaker. At this dis couraging conjuncture Mr Oallan came in, and. s eng the state of affaii ,mi el that the House be counted. After the usual interval a quorum was obtained, but it immediately afterwaids melted away, and Sir George was left to continue his speech te five members, three of whom were Ministers of the Crown.

It would appear that the “ wisest of men ” i-’ not exempt from criticism, as will be seen from the fo'lmving paragraph in the Sydney Telegraph :—The lecture by Mr Charles Bright at the Theatre R >yal oo Sunday evening was entitled “Solomon the Sultan,” being the ninth of his series on Bible stories. Mr Bright gave an interesting sketch of the condition of Judea at the time of the death of David, and of the conflicting priestly factions, tho one siding with Adonijah, the elder son of David, and the other with Solomon. He criticised the claims set up for Solomon as the possessor of superhuman wisdom, by referring to his alleged writings, hi* Government of the nation, and his life. Tiie first, he contended, contained many contradictory and foolish aphorisms ; tho second landed the people in over taxation and rebellion ; and the third terminated in unexampled debauchery and despair. ____________